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Graduate Studies
Playbook
Lisa Karch, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Candidate Open Forum
Overview of Presentation
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Background & Education
Interest in Applying for this Position
My Leadership Style
Playbook for Graduate Studies
Graduate Studies Opportunities
Background & Education
Background
• Grew up on a farm
• Oldest of four
children
• Dedicated
• Energetic
• Passionate
• Positive Attitude
• Creative
Education
• Teaching
• Residence Life Hall Director
• Tri-College Experience
• Surrounding School Districts
• Community Partnerships
• Importance of Relationships
Interest in Applying for this Position
• Passion & Commitment to Graduate
Studies and Inclusiveness of Programs
• Unique Perspective
• Potential for Growth & Development
• Experience in Supervision & Budget
• Expand my knowledge, experience and
skills with the Institutional Review Board
policy and processes
My Leadership Style
Playbook for Graduate Studies
• Purpose: Why do we do what we do?
• University: Our purpose is to transform
the world by transforming lives.
• Graduate Studies: We need to ask this
important question as a whole and as
individual graduate programs.
Playbook for Graduate Studies
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Our Core Values: How do we behave?
Grit
Humility
Heart
Aspirational Value
– Diversity and inclusion of people and ideas
Playbook for Graduate Studies
• Strategic Anchors: How will we succeed?
• Student Achievement
– Celebrate our graduate students and
graduate faculty accomplishments
– Student Academic Conference
– Support graduate student & graduate faculty
creative scholarly research
Playbook for Graduate Studies
• Strategic Anchor: Embedding and supporting
diversity in every facet of the university.
• Develop and implement a strategic and
intentional marketing & recruitment plan
where we focus on building relationships with
key stakeholders from diverse backgrounds
and ask them what the educational needs are
of their schools, businesses and communities.
Playbook for Graduate Studies
• Strategic Anchor: Ensuring that MSUM is
indispensible to the social, cultural, and
economic advancement of Moorhead and the
surrounding region.
• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states,
“Occupations that typically require a master’s
degree for entry are projected to grow the
fastest from 2012 to 2022”.
Source: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_edtrain_outlook.pdf
Strategic Anchors:
How will we succeed?
• Strong, consistent, long-term leadership with
shared vision for Graduate Studies
• Know & understand the history of Graduate
Studies here at MSUM
– Celebrating 62 years of Graduate Studies
– Fourteen Graduate Directors and Deans
– Numerous degrees, certificates and name changes
Strategic Anchors:
How will we succeed?
• Show up! Represent MSUM Graduate Studies
on campus, in the community, region, and
nation.
• Attend the Midwestern Association of
Graduate Schools (MAGS) Meeting to stay
abreast of national best practices, data and
policies that advance MSUM’s graduate
programs.
Strategic Anchors:
How will we succeed?
• Meet with Karla, Program Coordinators, Deans,
Provost and President to gather information in
developing the vision and strategic plan through a
graduate program needs assessment.
• Work with Grad Council in the development of a
five-year vision and strategic plan aligned with
Fulfilling Our Promise.
• Facilitate input from graduate students in
enhancing the Graduate Student Organization
and representation on Student Senate.
Strategic Anchors:
How will we succeed?
• Strategic Enrollment Management Committee
Work Group
– Develop unique recruitment strategies for each
graduate program.
– Analyze needs for support to ensure future
growth and maintain quality graduate programs.
– Identify new graduate program possibilities.
Strategic Anchors:
How will we succeed?
• Strategic Enrollment Management Committee
Work Group
– Develop models for graduate tuition waiver
options and additional graduate assistantships.
– Implement follow-through for graduate students
needs assessment survey.
– Enhance community partnerships to attract and
increase enrollment of graduate students.
Graduate Studies Opportunities
• What do we know?
– MSUM graduate student population has been
stronger than the other MNSCU universities.
– Our MSUM graduate students have been taking
increasingly heavy credit loads.
– As of April 20, 2015, 36.1% of current graduate
students eligible to register for Fall 2015 have done
so. Last year at this time, 36.3% had done so.
• Graduate enrollment for Fall 2015 is up 12.0%
from Fall 2014.
Source: Kevin James Brown, MSUM Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Graduate Studies Opportunities
Total Graduate Admits
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380
360
340
320
300
280
260
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160
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120
100
389
305
265
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256
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Graduate Studies Opportunities
2013 MN Graduate Programming
for Education
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